GOTY Debate Prologue, Castlevania, Over The Hill

We'll DM you a Steam code for the excellent The Incident At Galley House if you're a new Patreon supporter at the $5 tier before 10/19/26 - https://www.patreon.com/minnmax MinnMax's Ben Hanson, Kelsey Lewin, Jeff Marchiafava, Kyle Hilliard, Janet Garcia, and Leo Vader convene to unofficially kick off MinnMax's Game of the Year debate for 2026 by letting folks know the games they need more people to play. What's on your list of must-players before GOTY season begins? Then we descend into Metroidvania season with early thoughts on Konami's Castlevania: Belmont's Curse, Well Dweller, Silver Pines, and Echo Weaver. JeffM and Ben also talk about the open-world off-world driving game called Over The Hill. Then we answer questions submitted on Patreon by the community and award the iam8bit question of the week! You can win a prize and help make the show better by supporting us on Patreon and submitting a question! https://www.patreon.com/minnmax Watch the video version here - https://youtu.be/byuLVZqzgdA Help support MinnMax's supporters! https://www.iam8bit.com - 10% off with Promo Code: COSTUMEQUEST https://www.factormeals.com/minnmax50off- 50% off and more Alienware.com/gameyourway Build credit fast and get your first month for just a dollar at getkikoff.com/minnmax today. Thanks to Kikoff for sponsoring us! To jump to a particular discussion, check out the timestamps below... 00:00:00 - Intro 00:03:58 - Give To The Max Charity Stream on 11/6/26 00:07:24 - Leo and the haunted cabin 00:11:59 - GOTY Debate Prologue 00:12:29 - Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave 00:14:26 - GOTY Debate Prologue 00:16:06 - Blood Dungeon 00:17:53 - Cairn 00:21:15 - Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave 00:22:48 - Paranormasight: The Mermaid's Curse 00:26:12 - Vampire Crawlers: The Turbo Wildcard from Vampire Survivors 00:30:27 - The Blood of Dawnwalker 00:31:15 - Esoteric Ebb 00:33:08 - The Incident at Galley House 00:34:20 - The Mermaid Mask 00:35:52 - Dogpile 00:38:30 - Titanium Court 00:41:38 - Moldrise 00:42:31 - Perfect Tides: Station to Station 00:47:04 - Deadlock 00:48:44 - Welcome to Elderfield 00:49:30 - Orbitals 00:51:12 - Normal Golf Game 00:52:32 - Star Fox and Ocarina of Time 00:55:25 - Phonopolis 00:55:36 - Tomodachi Life: Living The Dream 00:57:33 - Star Wars: Zero Company 00:58:03 - Pokemon Pokopia 00:58:40 - Debating incremental games 01:00:35 - 007 First Light 01:01:37 - Gears of War: E-Day 01:03:22 - Saros 01:04:34 - Control Resonant 01:07:26 - Creature Kitchen 01:09:16 - Factor Meals Ad 01:11:32 - Castlevania: Belmont's Curse 01:19:56 - Well Dweller 01:23:04 - Silver Pines 01:24:58 - Echo Weaver 01:32:43 - Alienware Ad 01:34:15 - Over The Hill 01:36:28 - Beat Weaver 01:45:34 - KikOff Ad 01:47:01 - Thanking iam8bit 01:48:03 - Community questions 02:22:40 - Get A Load Of This JeffM’s GALOT - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYMbF7VH350 Janet's GALOT - https://www.timeshifter.com/ Ben's GALOT - https://kotaku.com/inside-the-failed-fight-to-unionize-one-of-gamings-most-idealized-studios-2000742755 Kyle's GALOT - https://bsky.app/profile/tobyfox.undertale.com/post/3mvnweyco7223 Community GALOT - https://www.reddit.com/r/broodwar/comments/b3kw6t/ben_affleck_loses_at_starcraft_too_according_to/ __ Disclosure - Games discussed on MinnMax content are most often provided for free by the publisher or developer. __ Support us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/minnmax Support MinnMax directly on YouTube - https://youtube.com/minnmax/join Follow us on Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/minnmaxshow Subscribe to our YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/minnmax Subscribe to our solo stream channel - https://www.youtube.com/@minnmaxstreamarchives Buy MinnMax merch here - https://minnmax.com/merch Follow us on Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/minnmax.com Go behind the scenes on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/minnmaxshow This podcast is powered by Pinecast.